folio

English

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Etymology

From Latin ablative singular form of folium (“leaf”)

Noun

folio (plural folios)

1. A leaf of a book or manuscript.
2. (paper) A sheet of paper once folded.
3. (books) A book made of sheets of paper each folded once (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 cm in height.
4. (printing) The page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand.
5. A page of a book.
6. (accounting) a page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
7. (law, dated, 19th century, early, 20th century) A leaf containing a certain number of words, hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words.

Synonyms

• ((books) once-folded sheets): F, f, fo, 2º

Derived terms

• folio post
• elephant folio
• atlas folio
• double elephant folio

Verb

folio (third-person singular simple present folios, present participle folioing, simple past and past participle folioed)

1. To put a serial number on each folio or page of (a book); to page.

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Esperanto

Etymology

Latin folium (“leaf, sheet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fo.ˈli.o/, X-SAMPA: /fo.'li.o/
• Hyphenation: fo‧li‧o

Noun

folio (plural folioj, accusative singular folion, accusative plural foliojn)

1. (botany) leaf
2. sheet

Derived terms

• folioŝtormo
• paperfolio

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Finnish

Noun

folio

1. foil (very thin sheet of metal)

Declension

Declension of folio (type valtio) singular plural nominative folio foliot genitive folion folioiden folioitten partitive foliota folioita accusative folio folion foliot inessive foliossa folioissa elative foliosta folioista illative folioon folioihin adessive foliolla folioilla ablative foliolta folioilta allative foliolle folioille essive foliona folioina translative folioksi folioiksi instructive – folioin abessive foliotta folioitta comitative – folioineen

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Latin

Noun

foliō n

1. dative singular of folium
2. ablative singular of folium

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

folio m (Cyrillic spelling фолио)

1. folio

Declension

    declension of folio

	singular	plural
nominative	folio	foliji
genitive	folija	folija
dative	foliju	folijima
accusative	folio	folije
vocative	folio	foliji
locative	foliju	folijima
instrumental	folijem	folijima

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Spanish

Noun

folio m (plural folios)

1. folio